The Dickinson press., 1887-05-28

GENERAL NEWS.

the olu. anu I'LL funds due Will be re-
as soon as the necessary de-
tails can he arranged.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Virginia legislature adjourned
Tuesday.
Mr.. O'Brirm. the champion of Ire.
cause. is i'll at Niagara Falls.
The business portion of the village
of Cannon Falls. Mimi. WAS almost
wiped ont by fire. Loss Slon.ooW.
The executive order consolidating
and ah"liShing Il number of revenue
districts will take effect June 18th. or
US soon thereafter us possible.
j.. III. lIanSon.s dealer i'm general
merchandise, sleepy Eye, Mimi. has
left the country and many creditors.
There is IL warrant out for his arrest
for arson.
Surgeon General Hamilton. of the
marine Ii Sl'ital service. SAYS
that he had received official notice of
the existence of yellow fever ut Key
West.
The village of Hawthorn. Wis. ON
the Omaha road was entirely de-
stroyed 10y the fire which is now
sweeping through the valuable timber
i'll that vicinity.
Detectives of the city of Mexico
are wrestling with Il most mysterious
crime. and thus far without Satisfar-
tory :%rsllltS. One of the leading bank
ing firms of this city has sustained Il
loss claimed to he as great us S:3Oo.nOu.
Attorney General Garland talked
freely concerning his supposed canli-
dacy for the vacant position on the
supreme bench. with ;,n associated
press reporter. saying: II do not want
the place and would not take it if
offered to me-"
n san Diego de Cuba dispatch SAYS
that the epidemic of small pox is rag
ing here. and unless checked will.
medical men say, carry off thousands
of people. At present there are over
500 cases in the city.
In Milwaukee it is currently re-
ported that the widow of the late
Alexander Mitchell will contest the
will. He gave her S2OO,O0O in bonds
and the homestead free of taxes OF
assessments during her life.
Reports received at Winnipeg from
.ASsinniaboin report some excitement
among the Gros Ventures. bnt no trou.
bic is anticipated. Gabriel Dumunt,
who was Riel'S lieutenant. is expected
ut sun river. Big Bear is with the
South Piegans.
j. w. Bryant. representing the
steamboat interests on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers, addressed the inter
state commerce commission in uppo-
sition to further suspension of the
fourth section us respects roads COM
pcting with water navigation.
NJ. Herbette. the French ambassa-
dor. on Il recent visit to Paris brought
an autograph letter from Emperor
William to President Grevy. in which
the emperor expressed the hope that
the lives of neither might be s;uldcne,l
by the horrors of another wal.
Edmund Won lilly, professor of
languages ut Gastman's college. com.
mitted suicide. lie left IL note re.
questing that his body be cremated.
Professor Won lilly was an officer i'm
the Austrian army and was decorated
for bravery i'll battle. No cause is
known.
Dispatches from the PENNSYLVANIA
coke regions report everything quiet.
Information las been made against
the r%ingleaners in the recent riot at
Davidson and u number of arrests
were made by the sheriff of Fayette
county.
The flames are still raging i'm the
woods west of Hurley. Wis. 4. dwell.
ing house at Pabst mine was burned
Oh Saturday. 1t is reported that the
powder house of the ODanah mine.
containing four tons. blew up Satur
day. No lives lost. \ round house
at another mine vas also swept away
y special from Marquette. Mich.
says the insurance on the property de
strosed ut Lake Linden amounts tt
S39,.o0 John Casey was burned and
Rev. IIulzbergtr had his skull crush,
ed. Chicago and Milwaukee merchants
are contributing to the sufferers.
At st. Paul VIM. Terton, Il Methu.
dist preacher. who was praying in TIL,
dust on Dakota emu and arrested
for disorlcrly conduct and obStruct.
ing the streets. was in the police court
Tuesday and had his case continued.
John Whitaker, another enthusiast,
was arraignt0 for o%l,structiny thu
streets, and stated III Court that IL,
was merely doing the Lords work
and he did not know the good worl
Was against the city ordinance. III,
judge discharged Him.